THIS WAY OUT
the international gay & lesbian radio magazine
RUNDOWN for Program #813, distributed 10/27/03
(hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
Activists gather in Glasgow to raise the rights bar in the European Union;
A deadly disease attacks Chicago's gay community while San Francisco health
officials target queer meth abusers, the U.S. religious right "pledges" a
homophobic 2004 election campaign, inheritance is denied to a gay Israeli
widower, Poland tiptoes around queer couples equality, and more GLBT news;
plus new "Audiofile" CDs of spirituality, musical schizophrenia & sexuality
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Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10
SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: More than 12,000 men in 6 days are inocuulated
against meningococcal disease at several gay venues around the city by the Chicago
Public Health Department following the deaths of 3 gay men there from the
highly-communicable bacterial infection, while San Francisco's Public Health
Department earmarks almost a half million dollars to fight methamphetamine addiction
in that city's queer community; the Portland, Oregon suburb of Lake Oswego
becomes the latest U.S. city to enact GLBT civil rights protections, but the
Wisconsin state Assembly overwhelmingly passes a so-called "Defense of Marriage"
bill specifying its legal definition as exclusively between a man and a
woman, and Pennsylvania's state Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to
Philadelphia's legal recognition of and spousal benefits for the "life partners"
of its gay and lesbian city employees, Republican Congressmember from Tennessee
Zach Wamp labels homosexuality "a sin," "unnatural" and "a sickness" in
joining almost 100 House co-sponsors supporting an amendment to the U.S.
Constitution to restrict marriage to heterosexual couples, while Republican Colorado
state Representative David Schultheis of Colorado Springs becomes the first U.S.
elected official to sign the anti-gay religious right group Family Research
Council's "pledge" to not only fight same gender marriage, but to work to deny
all legal rights and privileges to civil unions, domestic partnerships or
similar relationships; a record 16 gay men and lesbians join one openly gay
incumbent as candidates for the Swiss Parliament, Hove's Nicholas Boles joins North
Norfolk's Iain Dale as the Conservative Party's now two openly-gay candidates
for the British Parliament, while in Canada George Smitherman, the first
openly gay member of Ontario's Provincial Parliament, becomes its first openly gay
Cabinet member as Minister of Health; an Israeli court rejects a gay man's
bid to inherit from the deceased partner he spent his life with, while Poland's
ruling Democratic Left Alliance party moves cautiously toward its campaign
promise of establishing legal recognition for same gender couples, despite Prime
Minister Leszek Miller's stated belief that its chances for parliamentary
passage are slim, and outspoken condemnation of the idea by bishops of the
country's Roman Catholic Church; the highest court of New Zealand's Presbyterian
Church okays ministerial training for Deborah Gordon, an open lesbian who's been
waiting five years for that opportunity; and in "The Secret Life of Oscar
Wilde," a new biography of the great 19th century gay Irish writer, author Neil
McKenna asserts that Wilde was prosecuted in a deal with his accuser the
Marquis of Queensberry, whose son Lord Alfred Douglas was Wilde's "partner in
crime," to prevent Queensberry's exposing the homosexual relationship between his
eldest son Viscount Drumlanrig and Britain's Prime Minister, the Earl of
Rosebery, which would have brought down the ruling Liberal Party government [written
by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, FENCEBERRY
and GREG GORDON; anchored this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & GREG GORDON] [8:45] +
"Support TWO" promo (begins over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:45] . . . 9:30
[Please include the "Support" promo if you run "NewsWrap" as a separate
segment -- especially since "NewsWrap" is so short this week. Thank you!]
SEGMENT # 2 - "Audiofile" billboard [:10} + More than 180 queer activists
from 36 European countries packed their bags and headed for GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
in mid-October to attend the 25TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONFERENCE of the
INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY ASSOCIATION (ILGA). It was an opportunity to network and
strategize around key issues in the continent's changing political landscape.
This Way Out's ALISON RHYNAS found Glasgow to be the perfect place for ILGA
members to share their triumphs and concerns [includes comments by ALI JARVIS,
Director of the host organization Stonewall Scotland; ONER CEYLAN of TURKEY's
Lambda Istanbul; ANDREY KUVSHINOV of RUSSIA's Right Society; Sanja Juras of
CROATIA's Kontra; CHRISTIAN ATTARD of the MALTA Gay Rights Movement; and ILGA
Europe's Director AILSA SPINDLER] [8:25] . . . 8:35
SEGMENT #3 - "Keep talking" anecdote by lesbian "fumerist" KATE CLINTON
(from her audiobook "Don't Get Me Started") with her "TWO" I.D. [:50] + Two
reverent soloists become a duet (excerpts from "It Is Well" and "You Have Always
Been There For Me" from JASON AND DEMARCO's "SONGS FOR THE SPIRIT"), a busy bi
independent admits to being stylistically schizophrenic ("Too Many Women" and
"Sara's Song" from RACHAEL SAGE's "PUBLICRECORD"), and a beloved band is back
after taking 5 (the title track and "Who Treats You Right" from PANSY
DIVISION's "TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT") in this month's edition of the "AUDIOFILE" [with
comments by the artists about their music, hosted by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE and
written & produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM] [7:25] . . . 8:15
= artist contact information =
JASON AND DEMARCO RACHAEL SAGE PANSY DIVISION
RJN Music Mpress Records PO Box 460885
8033 Sunset Blvd #574 61 4th Ave #106 San Francisco, CA 94146
Hollywood, CA 90046 New York, N.Y. 10003 pansydivision@earthlink.net
rjnmusic@aol.com info@mpressrecords.com www.pansydivision.com
www.jasonanddemarco.com www.rachaelsage.com
Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05
TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:40
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STATION PROMO COPY:
ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT, ACTIVISTS GATHER IN GLASGOW TO RAISE
THE RIGHTS BAR IN THE EUROPEAN UNION... IN OTHER NEWS, A DEADLY DISEASE
ATTACKS CHICAGO'S GAY COMMUNITY WHILE SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH OFFICIALS TARGET
QUEER METH ABUSERS, THE U.S. RELIGIOUS RIGHT "PLEDGES" A HOMOPHOBIC 2004
ELECTION CAMPAIGN, INHERITANCE IS DENIED TO A GAY ISRAELI WIDOWER, AND
POLAND'S P.M.'S PESSIMISTIC ABOUT HIS GOVERNMENT'S PARTNER RECOGNITION
PROMISE, BUT GAY POLITICOS STEP UP IN SWITZERLAND, BRITAIN AND CANADA...
PLUS NEW MUSIC CELEBRATES "POP SPIRITUALITY," STYLISTIC SCHIZOPHRENIA AND
QUEER SEXUALITY IN THE "AUDIOFILE."
ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS WAY OUT:
THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE",
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